The Civic Space: Growing – Shrinking – Closing – Changing? A Comparative Analysis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Content V
3. Introduction 1
4. Developing the space
5. Shrinking Space for Civil Society development in Croatia 5
6. Civil Society in England: Current challenges and future opportunities 27
7. Third Sector as the most significant manifestation of Civil Society in Italy 49
8. The interplay with the state
9. Civil Society in Ukraine: Cooperation between Ukrainian CSOs and local and state authorities 71
10. French democracy under threat 87
11. Civil Society in Germany: Contested spaces in times of rapid change 115
12. Fighting right-wing populism
13. Civic spaces between turbulent politics and the pandemic – The civil society in Austria 133
14. Civil Society in 21st Century Greece: Locating Challenges, Charting Opportunities, Assessing Developments 161
15. Dancing on a Thin Ice: Civil Society in Slovakia 193
16. New movements
17. From a privileged partnership to policy neglect: Civil Society in the Netherlands 241
18. Spain: The evolution of Civil Society’s mobilisation since 15M 277
19. Polish Civil Society 2015–2022: Steered from the top, reclaimed from the grassroots 295
20. The Civic Space: Growing – Shrinking – Closing – Changing? A Comparative Analysis 317
21. Contributors 333
22. Maecenata Schriften 337